Job Description:

Senior Program Manager

Job Location

US-VA-McLean

Overview

Design. Disrupt. Repeat.

Be an agent of change on a team committed to achieving client-focused, mission-driven excellence. Steampunk is looking for an experienced Senior Program Manager with an appetite for taking on new challenges.

Who We Are

Steampunk is the explosive collision of human-centered design and traditional government contracting. An employee-owned company with a startup mindset and time-tested approaches tailored for the federal government, we're passionate about creating solutions that are impactful, practical, scalable, and most importantly, that meet our clients' ever-changing needs.

At Steampunk, we believe in disrupting the status quo and setting the pace in the ecosystem of government contractors, while repurposing tried-and-true methodologies. We believe in empowering our people to find creative solutions to intractable problems. We believe the best environment in which to grow and thrive is outside our comfort zone.

While good design makes for a good product, we believe human-centered design makes for an excellent one.

We also believe effective teams are powered by diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. To that end, Steampunk is an equal opportunity employer committed to promoting diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, disability status, and protected veteran status, amongst our ranks. Additionally, we participate in the E-Verify program.

Why Steampunk?

Our people are the very core of what we do; their expertise and hunger for new and exciting challenges fuel our relentless pursuit of mission success. As part of our team of "Punks," you'll test the status quo, explore new boundaries, and set the bar high for how government clients expect to engage with contractors.

Because we value our employees' work/life balance (and believe those who work hard deserve to play hard), we offer a very competitive benefits package, including telework/flex scheduling, health/dental with orthodontics/vision insurance upon hire, paid time off with a sell-back benefit and carryover option, 11 Federal Holidays, 100% paid military leave, 100% 401(k) plan match upon hire, professional development/education reimbursement, all flexible spending accounts, and more.

Contributions

As a Steampunk Senior Program Manager, you will lead one of our largest Software Development efforts, working closely with a with a high performing team of data engineers, designers, infrastructure architects, and cybersecurity experts to bring our teams conceptual solutions to life. You will leverage your vast experience by empowering application teams and Government customers to produce extremely innovative and high volume applications used worldwide.

Steampunk program managers embrace and promote a culture of continuous learning and positivity by working with developers and Design & Strategy team members to co-champion internal training sessions, mentoring, and developing your fellow Steampunks. They also collaborate with Government stakeholders to strategize and co-create ideal solutions in addition to collaborating closely alongside architects and other developers to translate client needs into innovative and forward-thinking approaches, leveraging human centered design.

Qualifications

Required Skills:

Eligible to obtain and maintain a government public trust.
• Demonstrated experience leading a software development program with multiple Agile Scrum teams in a Government environment


• Technical depth in software development to include cloud-based architectures, understanding of containers, microservices, and API management.


• Experience leading teams using a DevSecOps model with CI/CD Pipelines


• Experience developing highly scalable applications in high volume environments with extensive monitoring and redundancy


• An ability to understand business requirements and their implications across a project's technical landscape.


• Demonstrate sharp, analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills.


• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to convey extremely technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred Skills / Attributes:

• Degree in Computer Science fundamentals in OO design, data structure, and algorithm design.

About steampunk

Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology, we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. As an employee owned company, we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers - and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.

Need help finding the right job?

We can recommend jobs specifically for you!

Click here to get started.